8:05 PM,
Apr. 14, 2014

New York's Carlos Beltran hits a seventh-inning double against Boston at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.

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Vincent Z. Mercogliano
| @vzmercogliano

You never know how a free-agent addition will fit into a new clubhouse, and with the Yankees turning over much of their roster this offseason, there were legitimate questions about how long it would take for the fresh faces to settle in.

So far, so good.

Jacoby Ellsbury is third in the American League with a .362 batting average, Brian McCann's left-handed power is starting to show up, and Masahiro Tanaka has displayed swing-and-miss stuff with 18 strikeouts in his first 14 innings. But the guy who may have made the strongest impression so far is veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran, who was named ...